Stat of the day: The Capitals rely on power-play goals for a higher percentage of their offense than any other team. Washington has scored 31.0 percent of its goals on the power play (61 of 203). The Caps converted 2-of-6 power plays in a 4-2 win at Boston on March 1, then got no power plays in the rematch five days later and were shut out.

Storylines: The Bruins begin a weekend back-to-back on a 14-game points streak following a shutout of the Blackhawks on Thursday. … With one point, Boston will clinch the Atlantic Division title. … Dating to Jan. 11, Boston has gone 11-0-3 on the road. … Patrice Bergeron is riding a five-game goal streak with six goals in that stretch. … The Capitals enter in a four-way for the Eastern Conference wild cards at 80 points, but currently are third on tiebreakers. … Washington is 4-0-2 since March 14. Alex Ovechkin has four goals in the run. … The Kings beat the Caps in a shootout Tuesday, with Washington entering off three days' rest. … Rookie Evgeny Kuznetsov has six points in eight games since emigrating stateside.